What's your thrill-seeking hobby?
I fly an airplane. It really isn't a thrill-seeking activity, as most pilots take every possible step to reduce or eliminate risk. Still, there's a nice adrenalin boost when you get down 20' over the runway, struggling with a gusty crosswind....
Well, let's see. I like to ride motorcycles, explore dangerous places, take pictures of dangerous animals, sail in my 8' homemade boat, hang gliding, paragliding, go camping, (this is a wolf in one of the campgrounds I've stayed in. We've also had bear in the campgrounds, but I didn't get a picture), SCUBA dive, go caving, canoeing, and, um, other things. Before I moved last year I flew planes. I got my solo but not my license because I moved before I had enough classes to test. Now all of my time is occupied by school so I can't do lessons for a few years. Flying at night is soooo fun!
The first time I did night flight we practiced landings. Each time we went through we would do a different simulated failure (no landing lights, no flaps, blah blah.) Since I was at a tiny airstrip in Ohio we has pilot operated runway lights, which means that to turn on the lights on the edges of the runway you tap the talk button on your radio 5 times really fast. The lights go off after like 20 minutes or something, and it was a 1 hour lesson. Normally they would go off while we were in the pattern so it didn't matter.
On the last landing we were doing no flaps, no engine (power all the way down), no electric. So inside the plane is completely dark, and the big headlight-ish thing is out. When you don't have flaps you can do what's called a slip, which means that you basically use the entire side of the plane to slow down by going in crooked and then straightening out near the runway.
So, I'm going down, and I'm turning out of the slip. The last bit where I'm going straight is probably like 30 feet off the ground. Right before you hit you're supposed to flare, which means that you pull back and make the back wheels hit first. (It can cause damage to the plane if you don't.) So I'm going, and I'm getting really close to where I need to flare, and the runway timer runs out. Now everything is pitch black and I have no idea where the ground is. Luckily my first reaction was to turn the lights back on, and I actually made a pretty good landing.
Ice climbing! I'm at the experience level where I've just started doing leads, which can be pretty thrilling before the climb.
Open track days, there's nothing quite like legally pushing your car to it's limits (and sometimes beyond).
Bike riding through Ethiopia with a pound of bologna tied to my neck.
Well, let's see. I like to ride motorcycles, explore dangerous places, take pictures of dangerous animals, sail in my 8' homemade boat, hang gliding, paragliding, go camping, (this is a wolf in one of the campgrounds I've stayed in. We've also had bear in the campgrounds, but I didn't get a picture), SCUBA dive, go caving, canoeing, and, um, other things. Before I moved last year I flew planes. I got my solo but not my license because I moved before I had enough classes to test. Now all of my time is occupied by school so I can't do lessons for a few years. Flying at night is soooo fun!
The first time I did night flight we practiced landings. Each time we went through we would do a different simulated failure (no landing lights, no flaps, blah blah.) Since I was at a tiny airstrip in Ohio we has pilot operated runway lights, which means that to turn on the lights on the edges of the runway you tap the talk button on your radio 5 times really fast. The lights go off after like 20 minutes or something, and it was a 1 hour lesson. Normally they would go off while we were in the pattern so it didn't matter.
On the last landing we were doing no flaps, no engine (power all the way down), no electric. So inside the plane is completely dark, and the big headlight-ish thing is out. When you don't have flaps you can do what's called a slip, which means that you basically use the entire side of the plane to slow down by going in crooked and then straightening out near the runway.
So, I'm going down, and I'm turning out of the slip. The last bit where I'm going straight is probably like 30 feet off the ground. Right before you hit you're supposed to flare, which means that you pull back and make the back wheels hit first. (It can cause damage to the plane if you don't.) So I'm going, and I'm getting really close to where I need to flare, and the runway timer runs out. Now everything is pitch black and I have no idea where the ground is. Luckily my first reaction was to turn the lights back on, and I actually made a pretty good landing.
Ice climbing! I'm at the experience level where I've just started doing leads, which can be pretty thrilling before the climb.
Open track days, there's nothing quite like legally pushing your car to it's limits (and sometimes beyond).
Bike riding through Ethiopia with a pound of bologna tied to my neck.
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